JPH0640405A - Storing method of article - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To handle a plurality of kinds of articles, by horizontally transferring articles, in synchronizing with the transferrence of a case body, in right angles against the transferrence direction of the case to store the article in the case, in a storing method of articles like bottles into the case body having an opening at one side. CONSTITUTION:A case body with an opening 1A in the horizontal direction is transferred to make a row by a delivery conveyor 6. The case bodies are delivered at the front one by one to a transfer conveyor 7 by the action of an air cylinder 6A. Next, the case body 1 is moved forward, while moving sideward by the action of a pushing plate 9 and guides 8A, 8B, and transferred to the holder 5 of a transfer conveyor 4. Centering is carried out by centering devices 32, 32 ire the holder 5. On the other hand, a bottle M is transferred by a bottle-transfer conveyor 10 and fed one by one on the bottle-transfer pallet 35 of the bottle-transfer conveyor 10 by the action of a bottle-pusher 12. Then, the bottle is extruded by a bottle-extruder in the area where the transfer conveyor 4 is parallelly running to press into the case body 1.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a box storing method for storing articles such as bottles in a box body having an opening on one side.
In particular, the present invention relates to a box storage method for continuously storing a plurality of types of articles having different shapes in a box body corresponding to the articles.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, on a conveyor line in a factory, when storing articles in a box body having an opening formed on one side, it has been required to carry out a large amount and in a short time. Articles were stored in a continuously flowing box body by a manual operation of an operator.

If an automatic machine is used to automatically store articles in the box body without performing such manual operation, first, the box body is continuously placed on the conveyor line with its opening facing upward. Then, the articles are dropped from above the box body to store the articles in the box body.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In the conventional storage method,
An automated device such as a manipulator is installed as a means for transporting articles, and this automation apparatus requires gripping means for gripping an article and releasing it at a necessary timing, and restoring means for restoring the gripping means. There is a problem that the structure becomes complicated and its control is also complicated.

In the case of a mass production line, if the shapes of the articles are different, the shapes of the box bodies are correspondingly different, and a plurality of article storage lines are provided for the box bodies corresponding to the articles having different shapes. Need to be installed. In the case where a plurality of article storage lines are collected and integrated into one article storage line, in order to store the articles in a plurality of types of box bodies corresponding to articles of various shapes on one article storage line, The side of the article storage line will be provided with gripping means and restoration means having dimensions corresponding to the dimensions of articles of various shapes, and the total length of the article storage line will be lengthened, and the control thereof will also have various shapes. Must be prepared according to the dimensions of. Further, when the automation device is installed at the same position on the article storage line, the grip means and the restoring means must be exchanged, which makes the work complicated and troublesome.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object thereof is to continuously store articles in a box body corresponding to the articles even when the shapes of the articles are different. An object of the present invention is to provide an article box storage method in which an automated device in a storage line is configured to have a simple structure and which can be supplemented by installing one article storage line.

[0007]

According to the present invention, a plurality of types of box bodies each having an opening formed on one side and having different shapes are placed on the bottom plate of the holder body with the openings oriented in a fixed horizontal direction. The box main body is centered in a direction perpendicular to the transfer direction of the main body, the holder main body is horizontally transferred, and the articles corresponding to the plurality of types of box main bodies are positioned to face the opening of the box main body. Place the product on the article loading plate at the same speed as the transport speed, and horizontally transport the article loading plate with the article centered in the direction perpendicular to the transport direction of the box body, while the box body centering position and the article centering position In the state where they are matched with each other, the article is pushed in the direction perpendicular to the transfer direction and is stored in the box body from the article mounting plate.

[0008]

In the present invention, even if the shape of the article and the shape of the box body corresponding to the article are different, the box body can be placed on the box.
One kind of article-carrying plate on which an article is placed is arranged so as to face the holder body of one kind, and the box body is centered in a direction perpendicular to the transfer direction of the box body to horizontally transfer the holder body. With the article corresponding to the box body facing the opening of the box body, it was placed on the article loading plate at the same speed as the holder body transfer speed, and the article was centered in the direction perpendicular to the box body transfer direction. While horizontally transporting the article carrying plate in this state, with the centering position of the box body aligned with the centering position of the article, the article is pushed in the direction perpendicular to the transfer direction and stored in the box body from the article carrying plate. Therefore, by matching the centering of the box main body and the direction perpendicular to the transfer direction of the articles, and by the synchronous operation operation, a plurality of types of grip means corresponding to a plurality of types of articles having different shapes and corresponding thereto are provided. It is not necessary to provide a control means or the like, can be trivial with one type of grip means, control means.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. In the method of storing a box of an article according to the embodiment of the present invention, a bottle M is stored in a box body 1 having an opening 1A formed on one side, and the opening 1A of the box body 1 is shown in FIG. The lid 2 is put on.

1 and 2, FIG. 1 shows the first half process of the bottle storage line used in the method for storing the box of the article according to the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows the second half process of the bottle storage line. Shown respectively. The bottle storage line 3 is formed by connecting the two-dot chain line X in both drawings. The bottle storage line 3 is provided in the box body 1 which is obtained by disassembling the box in the previous process.
A conveyor line for covering the box body 1 with the lid 2 after accommodating the bottles M has a box body transfer conveyor 4, and the box body transfer conveyor 4 is provided with a box body holder device 5 at a predetermined pitch. (Details will be described later).

In the vicinity of the upstream end of the box body transfer conveyor 4,
A box body delivery conveyor 6 is installed in parallel with the box body transfer conveyor 4. On the box body sending conveyor 6,
The box bodies 1 are continuously arranged with their respective side surface portions 1B in contact with each other. An air cylinder 6A that pushes out the box body 1 at the final position at a right angle to the transfer direction is installed at a lateral position of the end of the box body delivery conveyor 6.

A box body delivery conveyor 7 is arranged adjacent to the box body delivery conveyor 6 from the box body delivery conveyor 6 to the vicinity of the start end of the box body transfer conveyor 4.

The box body delivering / conveying conveyor 7 has a chain conveyor 7A and a box body conveying plate 8 adjacent to the chain conveyor 7A, and box body pushing plates 9 are arranged on the chain conveyor 7A at a predetermined pitch. ing. On both sides of the box body transport plate 8, box body guides 8A and 8B are provided upright. The box body guide 8B is longer than the box body guide 8A, and extends to a middle portion of the box body transfer conveyor 4.
The box body transport plate 8 is arranged in parallel with the box body delivery conveyor 6 from the box body 1 at the final position on the box body delivery conveyor 6, and is bridged to the box body transfer conveyor 4.

At the center of the box body transfer conveyor 4 in the longitudinal direction, a bottle transfer conveyor 10 is arranged parallel to and adjacent to the box body transfer conveyor 4. Bottle transfer conveyor 10
The bottle transfer pallets 35 are arranged on the chain conveyor 10A (shown in FIG. 10) at a predetermined pitch.

Further, adjacent to the bottle transfer conveyor 10,
A bottle supply conveyor 11 is arranged at a position distant from the box body transfer conveyor 4, and a bottle pushing pusher that pushes out the bottle M and transfers it to the bottle transfer conveyor 10 at a position on the upstream side of the supply unit 11A. 12 are arranged.

A bottle pushing device 13 is arranged in parallel to the box body transfer conveyor 4 adjacent to the downstream side portion of the bottle transfer conveyor 10. The bottle pushing device 13 includes a chain conveyor 14 and a box body holder device 5 attached to the chain conveyor 14.
It is composed of an extruding means 15 and a guide member 16 which are provided at the same pitch.

The pushing means 15 comprises a chain conveyor 14
A cylinder portion 15A fixed in a direction perpendicular to the moving direction, and a rod 15C having a pressing portion 15B at its tip, which is slidably inserted in the cylinder portion 15A in its axial direction. A guide pin 15D integrally provided at the base end of the rod 15C projects upward from the cylinder portion 15A. The guide pin 15D is in contact with a guide member 16 fixedly installed above the chain conveyor 14, and when the chain conveyor 14 moves, the guide pin 15D projects toward the box body transfer conveyor 4 side of the guide member 16. By moving along the chevron shape, the rod 15
C moves in a direction perpendicular to the box body transfer conveyor 4. That is, the rod 15C of the pushing means 15
Is initially retracted, then protrudes midway and then retracts again.

At the end of the box body transfer conveyor 4, a box pushing device 16 is arranged above the box body transfer conveyor 4, and a finished product conveyor 17 is provided on the box body transfer conveyor 4 adjacent to the end of the box body transfer conveyor 4. They are arranged in parallel.
The box extrusion device 16 has the same configuration as the bottle extrusion device 13.

Further, in the vicinity of the end of the box body transfer conveyor 4, the lid transfer conveyor 18 is provided in parallel with the box body transfer conveyor 4.
Are arranged at a predetermined distance, and the lids 2 are transferred onto the lid transport conveyor 18 in a state of being arranged at a predetermined pitch.

Next, the structure of the box body holder device 5 and its mounting structure will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. In FIG. 5, the box body transfer conveyor 4 has a frame 4A, a pair of upper and lower guide rails 4B and 4B indicated by diagonal lines are attached to the frame 4A, and a bracket 4D is attached to a column 4C that supports the frame 4A. A guide member 19 is attached via. Guide member 19
Are arranged in a straight line along the transfer direction of the box body 1, and in the transfer direction of the box body 1, a step 19 is formed at a predetermined position in the vertical direction.
A (FIG. 4) is formed.

On the frame 4A, the box body transfer conveyor 4
Is mounted movably, and the holding member 20 integrated with the box main body transfer conveyor 4 includes rollers 20A, 20A above and below the holding member 20.
Guide rails 4B, 4B fixed to the frame 4A via the
Will be guided to.

The box body holder device 5 is attached to the upper end of the holding member 20 so as to be vertically rotatable. The box body holder device 5 is supported on the upper end of the holding member 20 by a hinge so as to be vertically rotatable, is normally in a vertical state, and the ball caster 34 is horizontally rotated upward along a guide G at a required position. It comprises a holder body 21 adapted to move. When rotating, the cam follower 28B is disengaged from the guide member 19. The holder main body 21 includes a back plate 21A and a bottom plate 21B rotatably attached to the back plate 21A.

A pair of linear motion guide members 22, 22 are provided on the back surface of the back plate 21A along the width direction of the back plate 21A, and sliders 23, 23 are provided on the linear motion guide members 22, 22. Are slidably opposed to and mounted in the axial direction of the linear guide member 22, and spring members 24 and 24 are mounted between the sliders 23 and 23, respectively. The spring members 24, 24 urge the sliders 23, 23 in directions away from each other.

A support pin 25 is provided on the back surface of the back plate 21A, and a bar guide member 26 is provided below the support pin 25 on the center line of the back plate 21A. A vertical slide member 27 is movably attached to the rod guide member 26 along the axial direction thereof.
A T-shaped link push rod 28 is integrally attached to the. The link push rod 28 has a long hole 2 on both sides of its upper portion.
8A and 28A are horizontally formed, and a cam follower 28B guided by the guide member 19 is formed at the lower end thereof.

The support pin 25 and the slider 2
Between the arm supporting members 30, 30 attached to the pins 3, 23, there are two long holes 28A, 28A of the link pushing rod 28 for the pin 2
A link 31 which is linked through 8C and 28C is mounted. The link 31 has a first end that is pin-connected to the arm support member 30 and a second end that is pin-connected to the pin 28C.
The arms 31A, 31A and the second arm 3 having one end pin-connected to the pin 28C and the other end pin-connected to the support pin 25.
It is composed of 1B and 31B and has a W shape as a whole. Both ends of the link 31 move horizontally along with the vertical movement of the link push rod 28, and the arm support members 30, 30 simultaneously move in the same distance horizontally.

The arm supporting members 30, 30 have a box-shaped centering arm 32 having a plate-shaped grip portion 32A formed at the tip thereof.
Are attached respectively. The cam follower 28B of the link push rod 28 is guided by the guide member 19 to move the link push rod 28 vertically. The guide member 19 causes the link push rod 28 to move to the spring member 24,
When it is pushed down by overcoming the urging force of 24, the link 3
1 is operated in the closing direction. Due to this displacement, the box body centering arms 32, 32 are laterally displaced.

The bottom plate 21B of the holder body 21 is
The spring member 33 is mounted, and the spring member 33 exerts a spring force so that the bottom plate 21B is always perpendicular to the back plate 21A from the position of the attachment fulcrum. Then, when the box body holder device 5 is in a horizontal state, a spring force is applied in the opening direction of the bottom plate 21B so as to be flush with the back plate 21A and held.

A roller 21C is provided at the front end of the bottom surface of the bottom plate 21B.
The bottom plate 21B is held so that the roller 21C is perpendicular to the back plate 21A along the bottom plate guide 21D. The bottom plate guide 21D is in a position where it does not interfere with the ball caster 34 when the box body holder device 5 rotates.

A ball caster 34 is provided at the lower end of the holder body 21, and the ball caster 34 is pushed up along the guide G until the box body holder device 5 becomes horizontal. That is, when the box body holder device 5 is rotated horizontally, the front end of the surface of the bottom plate 21B abuts on the bottom plate opening stopper 21E fixed midway, and thereafter, as shown by the chain double-dashed line. The bottom plate 21B is rotated so that the box body holder device 5 becomes horizontal while opening.

Next, the structure of the bottle transfer pallet 35 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. In FIG.
The bottle transfer pallet 35 of the bottle transfer conveyor 10 in FIG. 1 is in a horizontal state and has a bottom plate 36 attached to the chain conveyor 10A. Brackets 36A and 36A are respectively directed downward at both front and rear ends of the bottom plate 36. Guide rollers 36B and 36C guided by rails (not shown) are provided on the lower surface and the side surface of each bracket 36A.

In FIGS. 6, 7, and 10, the bottom plate 3 is
The first linear motion guide members 37, 37, each of which is composed of a pair of guide rods 37A, 37A, are provided on both front side portions of the upper surface of 6.
Are provided facing each other along the transfer direction X of the box body 1,
On these first linear motion guide members 37, 37, first sliders 38, 38 are slidably opposed and mounted along the axial direction of the first linear motion guide member 37.

Second linear motion guide members 39, 39 are arranged side by side in the central portion on the rear side of the upper surface of the bottom plate 36 and are arranged along the front-rear direction.
A second slider 40 is slidably mounted on the shafts 9 and 39 along the axial direction of the second linear motion guide member 39.

Further, a third linear motion guide member 41, which is located between the first linear motion guide members 37, 37, is provided in the front center line portion of the upper surface of the bottom plate 36 along the front-rear direction. A third slider 42 is mounted on the third linear motion guide member 41 so as to be slidable in the axial direction of the third linear motion guide member 41.

A link push rod 43 is attached to the second slider 40 and the third slider 42. The link push rod 43 has a first cam follower 43A at its front end.

Crank-type links 45 and 45 are provided between the pin 45D axially attached to the rear end of the link push rod 43 and the support pins 44 and 44 integrally attached to the first sliders 38 and 38, respectively. Links are symmetrically connected to the center line of the upper surface of 36. That is, the crank type link 4
5 is a long hole 45A which is pin-connected to the support pin 44 at the front end.
And a first link member 45 having a first link member 45B
The second link member 45E has one end coupled to B via a pin 45C and the other end linked to the rear end of the link push rod 43 via a pin 45D.

With the horizontal movement of the link push rod 43, the second slider 40 attached to the link push rod 43 slides on the second linear motion guide member 39, and the third slider 42 moves to the third linear shift guide member 39. When sliding on the motion guide member 41, the front ends of the first link members 45B of the left and right crank-type links 45, 45 move along a locus K. Along with this, the first sliders 38, 38 slide on the first linear motion guide member 37 in the left-right direction.

The first link member 45B of the crank type link 45 is biased in the direction of arrow Y by a spring member 45F provided on the bottom plate 36. Therefore, the crank-type links 45, 45 are constantly pulled by the spring member 45F in the direction of opening to the both sides, and the link push rod 43 is pressed forward.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 9, the first sliders 38, 38 have a fourth linear guide member 46,
46 and the fourth linear motion guide members 46, 46 are provided with fourth sliders 46A, 46A slidable along the axial direction thereof, and the fourth sliders 46A, 46A have a bottle centering plate with an L-shaped cross section. 47, 47 are provided vertically. A plate roller 47A is provided at the lower end of the centering plate 47, respectively.
Is attached.

Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the bottle transfer conveyor 10 has a lower guide member 4 along the transfer direction of the box body 1.
8 are arranged linearly, and the lower guide member 48 is the box main body 1
A step 48A is formed at a predetermined position in the transfer direction in plan view. The size of this step 48A is the position where the bottle centering plates 47, 47 are opened to the maximum and the narrowest bottle M.
It is set to be movable to the position. When performing centering for various bottles M having different width dimensions, the front and rear positions of the lower guide member 48 are changed to set the bottle centering plates 47, 4
This is dealt with by changing the moving distance from the maximum opened position of 7 to the width of the bottle M.

On the other hand, in FIGS. 6 and 7, the fifth linear motion guide member 4 is provided at each of the left and right edges of the upper surface of the bottom plate 36.
9 and 49 are provided facing each other along the front-rear direction, and the fifth sliders 50 and 50 are provided on the fifth linear motion guide members 49 and 49 along the axial direction of the fifth linear motion guide member 49. Are slidably opposed and mounted.

A bottle mounting plate 51 for mounting the bottle M is fixedly attached to the fifth sliders 50, 50,
It is possible to move back and forth. Bottle mounting plate 5
A transfer plate 51 </ b> A is swingably attached to the tip of 1.

The bottle-placing plate 51 is constantly urged rearward by the tension springs 52, 52 fixedly attached to the left and right edges of the bottom plate 36. As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, a second cam follower 53 is attached to the rear end rear surface of the bottle placing plate 51.
Is guided by the upper guide member 54 of the bottle transfer conveyor 10 which is linearly arranged along the transfer direction of the box body 1.

A step 54A is formed at a predetermined position in a plan view in the transfer direction of the box body holder device 5. And
In order for the bottle M to transfer to the box body 1, the transfer plate 51A at the tip of the bottle mounting plate 51 needs to advance to a position near the inner bottom surface of the box body 1. Since the advance distance depends on the size of the box body 1, the second cam follower 5
By changing the front-rear position of the upper guide member 54 that pushes 3, a plurality of types of box bodies 1 having different shapes can be accommodated.

Further, notches 51B and 51B are formed on both the left and right sides of the bottle placing plate 51, and the notches 51 are formed.
B and 51B are penetrated by the fourth sliders 46A and 46A, and when the bottle placing plate 51 moves back and forth, the insides of the cutouts 51B and 51B are plate rollers 47A,
47A, the bottle centering plates 47, 47 also move back and forth at the same time, and are moved in and out of the box body 1. At this time, the fourth sliders 46A and 46A supporting the bottle centering plates 47 and 47 are connected to the fourth linear motion guide members 46 and 46, respectively.
Slide on.

Next, the bottle M is stored in the box body 1 and the lid 2
The step of covering with will be described. 1 and 2, the box body 1 is oriented vertically with the opening 1A oriented horizontally.
Since the boxes located on the most downstream side are arranged linearly in a line on the box body delivery conveyor 6 and the most downstream boxes are stopped by stoppers, each box body 1 is rubbed against the box body delivery conveyor 6. It is pushed and moved downstream by resistance.

The box body 1 is moved by the air cylinder 6A.
The boxes are pushed one by one and transferred onto the box body transport plate 8 of the box body transfer conveyor 7. The box body 1 transferred onto the box body conveying plate 8 is intermittently pushed by the box body pushing plate 9 having a predetermined pitch, sliding on the box body conveying plate 8 at the same pitch as the box body pushing plate 9, Along the body guides 8A and 8B, the box body holder conveyer 4 is transferred to the box body holder device 5 arranged at a predetermined pitch. That is, the box body holder device 5 is operated in synchronization with the box body pushing plate 9 at the same pitch, and at the time when the box body pushing plate 9 is detached from the box body 1, the box body holder device 5 is opened and flows into the box body holder device 5. Main body centering arm 32,
Transfer between the plate-shaped gripping portions 32A, 32A of 32.

Further, the box body 1 is provided with a box body guide 8B.
Is guided so as to come into contact with the holder body 21 of the box body holder device 5, and then the box body centering arms 32 and 32 are moved symmetrically inward according to the width dimension of the box body 1, The side member 1B of the box body 1 is held by the body centering arms 32, 32, and the box body 1 is centered and held in a direction perpendicular to the transfer direction of the box body 1. In this state,
The holder body 21 is horizontally transferred.

Then, the box body transfer device 4 moves the box body holder device 5 having a predetermined pitch. Box body 1
Is placed on the bottom plate 21A of the holder body 21 with its opening 1A oriented in a fixed horizontal direction. After this, the box body 1
Is removed from the box body guide 8B and guided to the bottle transfer conveyor 10.

On the other hand, the bottle M, which has been processed in a separate process, is transferred onto the bottle supply conveyor 11. The bottles M are transferred one by one from the bottle supply conveyor 11 to the bottle transfer pallet 35 of the bottle transfer conveyor 10 by the bottle pusher 12.

When the bottle M is transferred onto the bottle transfer pallet 35, the bottle centering plates 47, 47 on both sides move symmetrically inward to center the bottle M. Bottle transfer pallets 35 arranged on the bottle transfer conveyor 10 at a predetermined pitch
The bottle M held above is transferred at the same speed as the transfer speed of the box body 1 held by the box body holder device 5 of the box body transfer conveyor 4, and the bottle M is transferred to the opening 1A of the box body 1. It is in the opposite position. That is, the bottle M is transferred at the same speed in synchronization with the box body 1.

Next, since the box body 1 and the bottle transfer pallet 35 are separated, the bottle mounting plate 5 of the bottle transfer pallet 35 is placed.
1 is brought close to the box body 1, whereby the bottle M is moved to the box body 1
Move it back and forth to a position where you can transfer to. At that time, as the bottle transfer plate 35 of the bottle transfer pallet 35 moves in the front-rear direction, the bottle centering plates 47, 47 of the bottle transfer pallet 35 also follow and approach the box body 1.

Then, the bottle M is transported by a predetermined distance, and in the bottle pushing device 13, the rod 1 of the bottle pushing device 13 is moved.
5C moves synchronously at the same position as the box body holder device 5 and the bottle transfer pallet 35, and is guided according to the shape of the guide member 16. Therefore, the pressing portion 15B of the rod 15C projects, and the bottle M on the bottle mounting plate 51 of the bottle transfer pallet 35.
Is pushed into the box body 1.

Next, the box body 1 containing the bottle M is transferred by the box body transfer conveyor 4 while being held by the box body holder device 5, and the bottle attitude rotating step is performed. In the bottle posture rotating step, the box body holder device 5 rotates 90 degrees upward and is conveyed in a horizontal state. At this time, bottle M
Is more deeply housed in the box body 1 due to its weight.

Then, the box body 1 is transferred to the lid closing step, and is transferred by the box pushing device 16 on the finished product conveyor 17 in a state of being arranged at a predetermined pitch. In the finished product conveyor 17, the lid 2 which is separated from the box body 1 at the supply destination and is supplied onto the lid transfer conveyor 18 is manually bottled by the bottle M.
Is covered on the opening 1A of the box main body 1 containing the.

According to the above construction, the bottle M is placed in the box body 1
The automation device in the bottle storage line 3 for continuously storing the inside of the bottle can be configured by using a transport means for horizontally transferring the box body 1 and the bottle M, and a device for grasping and moving up and down the bottle M is unnecessary. Therefore, functions such as holding and releasing the bottle M and a control device are not required, and the automation device can be configured with a simple structure.

Moreover, even if the shape of the bottle M and the shape of the box body 1 corresponding thereto are different, the movable range of the box body centering arms 32, 32 is adjusted by changing the vertical position of the guide member 19. It corresponds to a plurality of types of box bodies 1. As a result, the center position of the box body holder 21 and the center position of the box body 1 are aligned by the box body centering arm 32.

At the same time, the movable range of the bottle centering plates 47, 47 is adjusted by changing the front-rear position of the lower guide member 48, so that a plurality of types of bottles M can be accommodated. This allows
The article mounting plate 51 is horizontally transferred in a state where the bottle M is centered in the direction perpendicular to the transfer direction of the box body 1, and the centering position of the box body 1 and the centering position of the bottle M are aligned.

As described above, the centering of each of the box body 1 and the bottle M in the direction perpendicular to the transfer direction is aligned with each other, and
By the synchronous operation operation, one kind of grip means and control means can be used without preparing plural kinds of grip means corresponding to plural kinds of bottles M having different shapes and control means corresponding thereto. It is possible to simplify the automated operation by omitting the replacement of the grip means, the restoring means, the control means and the like.

Therefore, even when the shape of the box body 1 is different for the bottles M having different shapes, one kind of grip means, restoring means, and control means are prepared while ensuring the simplicity of the automated operation. It can be filled with various types of bottle storage lines 3.

In this embodiment, the box body 1 is clamped by the box body centering arms 32 and 32 of the box body holder device 5, so that the box body 1 is moved in a direction perpendicular to the transfer direction of the box body 1. However, the centering means is not limited to the sandwiching means.

Further, in the present embodiment, the bottle centering arms 47, 47 having the same speed as the transfer speed of the box body holder device 5 are used.
The bottle M is centered in the direction perpendicular to the transfer direction of the box body 1 by sandwiching the bottle M with, but the centering means is not limited to the sandwiching means.

Further, in this embodiment, the bottle placing plate 51 and the bottle centering arm 4 are placed on the bottle transfer pallet 35.
7 and 47 are provided, the bottle placing plate 51 and the bottle centering arms 47 and 47 can be separated.

In this embodiment, the bottle M is taken as an example of the article, but the present invention is not limited to this.

[0064]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The automation device in the article storage line for continuously storing the articles in the box body can be configured by using the box body and the transporting means for horizontally transferring the articles, and does not require a device for gripping and lifting the articles. Therefore, functions such as holding and releasing of articles and a control device are not required, and the automation device can be configured with a simple structure.

Moreover, even when the shape of the article and the shape of the corresponding box body are different, a plurality of different shapes are obtained due to the coincidence of the centering in the direction perpendicular to the transfer direction of the box body and the articles and the synchronous operation. One kind of gripping means and control means can be used without preparing a plurality of kinds of gripping means corresponding to one kind of articles and corresponding control means, and the like, such as gripping means, restoring means, control means, etc. The exchange can be omitted and the automation operation can be simplified.

Therefore, even when the shape of the box main body is different corresponding to the articles having different shapes, one kind of grip means, restoring means and control means are prepared while ensuring the simplicity of the automated operation. The effect that it can be added to the goods storage line is achieved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a first half process of a bottle storage line used in a method for storing a box of articles according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a latter half process of the bottle storage line.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a box body holder device in the box body transfer conveyor of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a front view of the box body holder device.

FIG. 5 is a side view of the box body holder device.

6 is a front view of a bottle transfer pallet of the bottle transfer conveyor of FIG. 1. FIG.

7 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of the bottle transfer pallet.

FIG. 9 is a side view of the bottle transfer pallet.

FIG. 10 is a side view of the bottle transfer pallet.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which bottles are stored in the box body according to the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Box body 1A Opening 21 Holder body 21B Bottom plate 51 Bottle mounting plate

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of front page (72) Inventor Hiroyuki Shimizu 27 Shinisogo-cho, Isogo-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture Niigata Ironworks Development Center

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of types of box bodies each having an opening formed on one side and having different shapes are placed on the bottom plate of the holder body with the openings oriented horizontally in a fixed direction, and the box body is moved in a direction perpendicular to the transfer direction of the box body. With the box main body centered, the holder main body is horizontally transferred, and the articles corresponding to the plurality of types of box main bodies are placed facing the opening of the box main body, and the article is loaded at the same speed as the transfer speed of the holder main body. While placing the article on the plate and horizontally transporting the article placing plate with the article centered in the direction perpendicular to the transfer direction of the box body, while aligning the centering position of the box body with the centering position of the article, A method for storing an article in a box, which comprises pushing the article in a direction perpendicular to a transfer direction and storing the article in a box body from an article placing plate.